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Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd
Blaenau Ffestiniog photos
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Blaenau Ffestiniog maps
Historic maps of Blaenau Ffestiniog and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Blaenau Ffestiniog maps
Historic map of Blaenau Ffestiniog
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Blaenau Ffestiniog books
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Conwy, Denbighshire and Flintshire Photographic Memories
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Memories of Blaenau Ffestiniog
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My aunt Elizabeth Lloyd Griffiths Jones was born in Blaenau Ffestinog on Feb. 12, 1906. She is the daughter of the late William and Annie Griffiths. She came to America in around 1920. While living in Wales she lived with her maternal grandmother Elizabeth Jones (Husband was David Jones). As a young girl she came to... [more]
Shared on 07 November 2006
An unexpected opportunity to trainspot!
My father was born in Blaenau, and he and I would travel there every summer to visit his mother/my nain. One of the things we would do is catch the train from Blaenau Festiniog (sic) Central to (Llan) Festiniog and walk round to Hugh Lloyd's pulpit.
It's sad, but I wouldn't know how to get there now. I expect it's... [more]
Shared on 19 December 2009
Not exactly my memory (only 44yrs old). But in the research of my family tree, I have been interested in locating old pictures of Bronddwyryd. The small row of houses were built in 1880, and my great grandfather Richard Evans (1846-1912) was the first to rent the property. His son, my grandfather Evan Evans (1880-1954) lived there with his wife Annie... [more]
Shared on 23 July 2008
Gwynedd memories
My first memory of Tanygrisiau goes back to my being aged five and being taken there by my parents, Lloyd George and Catherine Owen. Dad's family had lived and worked at Tanygrisiau since almost the beginning of the slate mining industry. Dad was very proud of his slate mining ancestors, his great-great-great-grandfather James Williams being the Welsh partner in Ffestiniogs first... [more]
Shared on 03 September 2009
Towards the end of WW11 my mother took me to visit family in Llan Ffestiniog. I was vey young. I recall clearly looking out of the parlour window and seeing a communal water pump in the street and with dozens if not hundreds of soldiers passing through - apparently en route to their camp at Trawsfynydd.
Where was the pump ?... [more]
Shared on 22 January 2008
I am writing this on behalf of my wife, Brenda Wilcox. She was born in Cwm and so was her brother Chris. Harry Wilcox, her father, was known in football terms as the gentle giant by the locals. Brenda lived in 5 Rhosgoch. When young, her mother used to take the children over past Llyn Penrhiw, past Rhiwbach ruins and on... [more]
Shared on 30 August 2009
I was born in Cwm went to school there and have happy memories of playing with Brian Evans, Eric Hughes, William John Roberts, Gareth Hughes and many others. Our cricket pitch was by the slate quarry tips in Swch and the football field was anywhere there was enough room to kick a ball.
I went to Llanrwst Grammar School, left... [more]
Shared on 14 April 2009
1995 was the best year of my life, I was aged 13 and I was totally besotted with a lad in the village called James Power, he was working with a local builder from Penmachno called Jeremy McWilliam. I loved the way he was of being the local stud of the village, I became close to James through his sister Tammy.... [more]
Shared on 14 January 2009
Extracts From Blaenau Ffestiniog & Gwynedd books
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North Wales Photographic Memories
Formerly the slate capital of Wales, this slate-grey mountain town is proud of its history and happily promotes its memory. The quarries, which roofed Victorian England from London to Birmingham and back, now offer various tours, and the Ffestiniog narrow-gauge railway carries passengers, rather than slate, to the coast at Porthmadoc. This sunlit view looks across the town towards the great... [more]
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North Wales Photographic Memories
The awnings are out at the far end of the street to protect the stock in the shop windows from the summer sunshine, and in the foreground we can see frames for the awnings that have not been put up yet. There are several customers for the tobacconist's on the right, and for Alun Jones's shop, a stationers and music sellers,... [more]
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North Wales Photographic Memories
This photograph looks uphill towards the great cliff of Carreg Du, which looms over the town's streets. On the right is Owen's butcher's shop, whose hanging meat display would be a health inspector's nightmare. A striped barber's pole projects out over the street, and just beyond it the Temperance Hotel and W J Penny, who sells ales and spirits.
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